The Rise of Ning Mansion in Red Mansions

Chapter 30 Every family has its own sutras that are difficult to recite
After Emperor Taikang ascended the throne, the people serving him were no exception. One by one they flew up the branches and turned into phoenixes.

Among them, Xia Shouzhong climbed the highest, and was promoted to eunuch Bingbi, Superintendent of Ceremonies, Supervisor of Dongchang, and was known as the "Second Prime Minister of the Great Neighborhood".
Supervise all the civil and military officials in the world, and even the Emperor's personal army, the Jinyiwei, are under his command. Their authority is second only to the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, and Dai Quan, the general manager of the Sixth Palace.

It can be said to be a realistic version of: when one person attains enlightenment, chickens and dogs ascend to heaven.

Xia Shouzhong had been serving Emperor Taikang for a long time, knowing that he was eager to eradicate his ministers, take back military and financial power, and truly become a powerful emperor who spoke of the constitution.

After Xia Shouzhong took office, he secretly planted countless spies in the mansion of the founding minister.

There is no way to hide this three-acre land in Shenjing from his eyes and ears.

However, things have changed now, so don't be too hasty.

After the Supreme Emperor recovered from his illness, he gathered his old ministers. This was not the time to eradicate the Jia family.

Xia Shouzhong thought about it and said slowly:
"Reporting to the Emperor is not a big deal."

"It's just the second room of Rongguo Mansion who made it up with the help of Mr. Zhang from Qingxu Temple."

Emperor Taikang frowned. Mrs. Wang's stunt in private, apart from being jealous of the royal family and causing trouble for her husband's family, what good could it bring?
How stupid!
"Your Majesty, you don't know. Although the Ning and Rong mansions are as close as one family, there are constant dirty things going on inside."

"It's just a broken arm and hidden in the sleeve. No one outside will know."

Xia Shouzhong talked eloquently, analyzing the grievances between Ning Rong and the Second House one by one, explaining the causes and consequences.

It turns out that ordinary people's fights are no different from the royal fight for the right to inherit the throne.

For the sake of fame and profit, it can be said that the organs are exhausted and many disasters have been caused.

Following hints from the late emperor and Emperor Hongxi (the Supreme Emperor), the Jia family gradually laid down their military power and switched from military to civil affairs.
at last,

In Jia Jing's generation, things were turned around, and the east wind prevailed over the west wind, and he returned to Zhengshuo, with Ning Guofu as his elder.

By Jia Dai's generation, the Xifu was in comprehensive decline. Jia Dai, who was also the "Second Master", was already a fourth-rank official in the imperial court.
However, Jia Mao (Jia Baoyu), the "second master" who is in charge of the second house in the West House, is still a six-year-old child among the daughters.

Mrs. Wang saw it in her eyes and was anxious in her heart, and Jia Mu secretly pushed it, and this was the great drama of "Jia Mao was born with a jade in his hand".

However, Jia Mu never expected that Mrs. Wang would boldly fabricate a "miracle" that went too far and made the whole city aware of it.

When Emperor Taikang learned the cause and effect, he smiled and said, "Let me just say, there are many strange things in the world. They are just some people harboring evil intentions and 'making ghosts'!"

"There is no sage like the emperor!"

Xia Shouzhong smiled and complimented, pretending not to hear the deeper meaning.

Emperor Taikang was originally a concubine, but his mother, Concubine Li, was still alive.

People say that mother is more valuable than her son.

He is already a human emperor, and his biological mother should also ascend to the position of empress dowager, in line with Confucian etiquette.

Therefore, Emperor Taikang wrote to the Supreme Emperor many times, requesting that his mother be named "Empress Dowager".

However, the Supreme Emperor has always disagreed.

Concubine Li was over fifty years old. She looked soft and frail, harmless to humans and animals, but she was difficult to get along with.

She obviously didn't do anything, didn't say anything, just ate fasting and chanted Buddha's name in her bedroom;

But the little tricks she did behind the scenes were as ridiculous as Mrs. Wang's, and the Supreme Emperor saw them clearly and clearly.

This made Emperor Taikang very passive. He no longer had the face to ask the Supreme Emperor to canonize her, and he did not dare to go to Concubine Li's palace for fear of seeing her sad eyes.

Every family has its cupboard!

Emperor Taikang felt sentimental for a moment, and then a young eunuch from Shoukang Palace came to report:

"Your Majesty, your holy body has recovered greatly. In the early spring of next year, you will go south to Jiangning to worship your ancestors." Emperor Taikang waved his hand and motioned for the young eunuch to step back. He knew it.

But there was a sneer in my heart, what about worshiping the ancestral mausoleum?
Just looking for an excuse to go south for fun, pretending that others don't know?

The Supreme Emperor reigned for forty-five years, and the weather was smooth and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. During this period, he even sent troops to conquer Liaodong and forced the Goryeo Kingdom to come to the court.

His martial arts and martial arts are praised by everyone.

However, he was born in a prosperous place like Jiangning when he was young. After he ascended the throne, he traveled south to the south of the Yangtze River six times.

This time it’s the same old trick again.

Anyway, there is no need for money from the treasury. The Jiangnan Zhen family will welcome him, so let him go.

I just took advantage of this opportunity to completely reorganize the Beijing camp. When the time comes, it will make sense.

Emperor Taikang sneered, called Xia Shouzhong, and said:
"My dear friend, go and give a message to Prince Teng. I'm worried about others, so don't let anyone see you."

"Just say that I want him to stay put for the next few days and not to have conflicts with Jia Dai and other nobles;"

"Let's put the reform of the capital camp aside for now. Don't worry about it for a while. We can wait until the Emperor goes south."

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After the incident of seizing the legitimate son in Rongxi Hall, I don’t know whether Jia’s mother committed a divine punishment or offended the ancestors of the Jia family. She fell ill that night.

I didn't even drink the wife's tea that Mrs.

Half asleep and half awake, I suddenly heard the eldest maid and the young daughter-in-law whispering in the room,
There is a strange thing in the house that is passed down by word of mouth - it is said that the psychic jade is born before the jade, and it is born with wealth and so on.

Jia's mother's right eye was twitching, and she felt bad. She thought to herself, "What's going on with the second son's family again?"
He quickly called Hu Hu and asked, "Good girl, where is your sister Yuanyang? What happened in the house recently?"

Amber walked over quickly, quickly helped Jia Mu up, leaned on the soft pillow, and replied with a smile:

"Sister Yuanyang went to the second wife's room to collect her monthly payment."

"Ancestor, it's a great event!"

"It turns out that when our second master Mao fell into the grass, he had a piece of beautiful jade in his mouth, with many auspicious words written on it,"

"There are many maids and women in the yard, vying to see the strange things..."

Jia's mother's face became darker and darker, Amber's voice gradually became quieter, and she rubbed the corners of her clothes helplessly, as if like a little girl who had done something wrong.

"What do you mean?"

"I've never heard his mother-in-law mention that Brother Mao had a piece of jade in his mouth when he fell into the grass?"

When Jia Mu asked, Hu Bo looked embarrassed and threw the pot away, "It was said that the jade was delivered to Zhenren Zhang on the same day and enshrined under the seat of Yuanshi Tianzun."

"It has been six years now. I took it back recently and kept it in the Buddhist hall to bless the old lady to live for a few more days."

"This slave also heard it from the little girl in the mansion. Maybe she heard it wrong, we don't know!"

When Jia's mother heard this, she already understood the cause and effect. It was just a clandestine trick of the concubine's pet.

Such auspicious treasures as Baoyu can only be produced by the royal family. Is it the family of their courtiers who can enjoy such blessings?
The rebellion was covered up from top to bottom, but it had just passed, and there was such a commotion in the family again. What did the Wei Tian family think?
Wouldn’t the censors and officials gather together to attack?
Second daughter-in-law, you are confused!

Thinking of this, Jia Mu felt frightened and couldn't sit still anymore. She hurriedly ordered people to call Mrs. Wang over for questioning.

Fortunately, Wang Ziteng had served as the right deputy censor of the capital. With his help in suppressing the situation, it was expected that nothing major would happen.

Otherwise, Jia Mu would have to kill her relatives out of justice and cause Mrs. Wang to die violently on the spot!

(End of this chapter)